Tag: Middle East

The Santo Domingo Affair was the first example of the preventive diplomacy Theodore Roosevelt employed in his hemisphere and wished to extend to the world. (AP Photo)

The policeman is in

Noemie Emery · April 11, 2017 10:00 am

NCRI specifically identified the sites of some 90 docks operated exclusively by the IRGC within Iranian ports. (AP Photo/Hossein Ostovar/Tasnim News Agency)

To confront Iran, halt the IRGC’s commerce

Sir David Amess · April 11, 2017 4:05 am

The full 15-judge U.S. Appeals Court for the Fourth Circuit announced Monday evening it will hear the Justice Department's appeal to a travel ban injunction by a Maryland judge on May 8, according to a statement from the court. (AP Photo)

Full 4th Circuit will hear Trump travel ban case

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2017 12:09 am

Assad is no hero of Russia. He simply serves Putin's Russian interests. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s new tough tone on Syria does not mean war is coming with Syria. Here’s why

Tom Rogan · April 6, 2017 9:14 pm

President Trump, like so many others, was clearly shaken by the pictures of dead children, ghostly white, having died at the hands of poisonous gas delivered from their own government. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Do Trump or the White House know what their own policy on Syria is?

Daniel DePetris · April 6, 2017 8:35 pm

President Trump has the opportunity to reconstruct American credibility. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Syrian chemical attack: Why Assad is probably surprised that Trump was so visibly angry over it

Tom Rogan · April 6, 2017 2:50 pm

An 18-year-old man from Ladson, S.C., was arrested Thursday evening for attempting to join the Islamic State, the Justice Department said Friday evening. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

South Carolina teen arrested for attempting to join ISIS

Anna Giaritelli · March 31, 2017 9:51 pm

The Egyptian President first met Trump at the United Nations General Assembly last September. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Trump to host Egypt’s president in April

Gabby Morrongiello · March 28, 2017 7:47 pm

The U.S. is banning all laptops and tablets on non-stop flights from 10 airports in eight majority-Muslim countries beginning Tuesday. (iStock Photo)

National Security

US bans certain electronics on incoming flights from 8 countries

Kyle Feldscher · March 21, 2017 11:30 am

President Trump on Friday encouraged Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to work with Israel to come to an agreement that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rather than imposing a solution on the other party. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Trump urges Palestinian Authority to make peace with Israel

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2017 2:18 am

The countries will not be added to Trump's executive order, but need to meet U.S. protocols to avoid possibly being added. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Kelly: DHS looking at demanding better vetting protocols in 13 or 14 countries

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2017 11:18 pm

"I proudly joined the protests at O'Hare International Airport. If necessary, I will do so again." (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Jesse Jackson says he might protest Trump’s travel ban again at airport

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2017 10:34 pm